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Is Tennessee’s warning track just a transition to brown turf?
Posted on 5/17/19 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 5/17/19 at 8:56 pm
I’m sure most are aware Tennessee’s baseball field is entirely artificial, with a transition from green turf to brown turf in the infield simply for aesthetics.
Well UT’s center fielder just made a great catch in dead center at the wall, and I noticed the “warning track” appears to be the exact same thing as the infield, just green turf transitioning to brown turf with no elevation change. Did I really see what I think I saw? If so that completely defeats the purpose of a warning track and I would think is outright dangerous.
Any UT fans want to chime in?
Well UT’s center fielder just made a great catch in dead center at the wall, and I noticed the “warning track” appears to be the exact same thing as the infield, just green turf transitioning to brown turf with no elevation change. Did I really see what I think I saw? If so that completely defeats the purpose of a warning track and I would think is outright dangerous.
Any UT fans want to chime in?
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Posted on 5/17/19 at 8:58 pm to OBReb6
The next time you have a thought...don't.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 8:58 pm to Fe_Mike
Not sure what your problem is, but ok
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:01 pm to OBReb6
I’ve seen this before and I don’t understand it
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:03 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
This one looks like it might have a slight elevation change but what in the actual frick 
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:06 pm to OBReb6
It's not "outright dangerous". What a ridiculous statement.
Outfielders use the color break to gauge their distance, they don't use the change of terrain or "elevation" whatever that is supposed to mean.
Outfielders use the color break to gauge their distance, they don't use the change of terrain or "elevation" whatever that is supposed to mean.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:06 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Right?
I’m not trying to talk shite about it, it just seems crazy to me. Maybe you can pick up the color change in your peripheral vision? Just seems unnecessary and bizarre.
I’m not trying to talk shite about it, it just seems crazy to me. Maybe you can pick up the color change in your peripheral vision? Just seems unnecessary and bizarre.
This post was edited on 5/17/19 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:08 pm to Fe_Mike
Have you ever played outfield? Running for the fence for a fly ball you can easily feel the change from grass to dirt with your cleats and it alerts you you are about to smack the fence.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:08 pm to Fe_Mike
You aren’t actively looking at the ground, there is absolutely a reaction for outfielders when their cleats hit dirt. Maybe you pick it up in your peripherals as well but I have a hard time believing it’s just as effective
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:08 pm to OBReb6
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” appears to be the exact same thing as the infield, just green turf transitioning to brown turf with no elevation change.
I'm pretty sure their warning track is something like a lava rock/sand infill. I read an article about their renovation before. Their baselines are some other infill mix, can't remember what it's made of.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:10 pm to BIGFOOD
That would make sense and surely that is the case, I just know that’s what it looked like.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:20 pm to OBReb6
I played plenty of outfield.
Yes, you can feel the change from grass to clay. But it's not necessary.
If any of y'all have played outfield, you should know that the outfielder pretty much always knows where the fence is regardless. If not, you can pick up the color break of the track pretty easily while tracking the ball.
To say it's outright dangerous is just ignorant. There wouldn't be major league fields with turf warning tracks and hills in center field if it were that big of a deal.
Yes, you can feel the change from grass to clay. But it's not necessary.
If any of y'all have played outfield, you should know that the outfielder pretty much always knows where the fence is regardless. If not, you can pick up the color break of the track pretty easily while tracking the ball.
To say it's outright dangerous is just ignorant. There wouldn't be major league fields with turf warning tracks and hills in center field if it were that big of a deal.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:21 pm to Fe_Mike
Agree to disagree
frick off
frick off
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:21 pm to Fe_Mike
Let’s talk about what the hell has happened to the Ole Miss bullpen?
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:23 pm to Hailstate15
We started our annual collapse a couple of weeks early
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:25 pm to Fe_Mike
As an Astros fan the hill was absolutely dangerous (and ridiculous) IMO
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:42 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Flag poll was in play too. I’m sure as an Astros fan you saw people fall on the hill.
This post was edited on 5/17/19 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 5/17/19 at 9:56 pm to Fe_Mike
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If any of y'all have played outfield, you should know that the outfielder pretty much always knows where the fence is regardless. If not, you can pick up the color break of the track pretty easily while tracking the ball.
Yeah our high school coaches used to always tell us to look for the change in color of the turf while running and looking up over our shoulder at a ball in the air. Much easier to focus on looking at 2 things at once in 2 different directions while running full speed as opposed to feeling with your feet where you were.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 10:11 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
quote:The Astros turned it into a cartoonist joke. Years ago, lots of parks had inclines as a warning track, but the slope was much more gradual. Besides the one in Cincinnatti that inspired Tap Smith, there used to be an incline in front of the green monster in Boston. A cinder warning track is better (home teams had a definite advantage with a properly constructed incline, not so much going back,but coming back down), but an incline makes more sense than simply changing the color of the fake grass.
As an Astros fan the hill was absolutely dangerous (and ridiculous) IMO
Posted on 5/18/19 at 7:39 am to Fe_Mike
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I played plenty of outfield
No you didn't...
The only time you know where fence is if you get there early, or in 12yr old ball when you play at the fence
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